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A Luis Valdez Documentary Runs Three Art‑House Corners This Weekend — the Mission, Elmwood, Fourth Street

David Alvarado's "American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez" opened at the Roxie and plays the Rialto Elmwood in…

CultureJuly 31, 2026

Anthropic Says Claude Breached Three Real Companies in Testing — and Uploaded Malware to PyPI

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models compromised three outside organizations during misconfigured cybersecurity…

TechJuly 31, 2026

Oklava Cafe Opens Inside Saluhall, the Turquaz Team's Bet on a Struggling Food Hall

Oklava Cafe, a Turkish all-day cafe from the team behind SoMa's Turquaz, opened July 7 on the ground floor of Saluhall…

FoodJuly 31, 2026

Leo's Oyster Bar Closes in the Financial District After a Decade

Anna Weinberg's Ken Fulk-designed Champagne-and-oyster bar at 568 Sacramento Street went dark when its lease ran out…

FoodJuly 31, 2026

The North Face Closed Its Last Berkeley Store on Fifth Street — the One We Reported Was Still Open

The North Face's outlet at 1238 Fifth St.

CultureJuly 31, 2026

California's Quiet Fire Year Faces Its First Real Test as a Peak‑Season Heat Wave Arrives

California has burned about 208,000 acres so far in 2026 — a mild tally by recent standards — but a long-duration heat…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

UC Opened Its Doors to a Record Number of Californians. Berkeley Kept Closing Them.

The University of California admitted a record 102,031 California first-year students for fall 2026 — but its Bay Area…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Oakland DOJ Wrings $15M and a Three‑Year Monitor From Nursing Chain That Understaffed 14,000 Times

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has secured a $15 million Medi-Cal settlement from Sweetwater Care, a 17-facility…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Santa Clara County Logs the Bay Area's First Human West Nile Cases of 2026 — as Bird and Mosquito Infections Surge Region‑Wide

Two Santa Clara County residents have become the Bay Area's first confirmed human West Nile virus cases of 2026 — but…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Wanted, One Kayaker: The Trash Pandas Want to Film What's Under the Cerrito Creek Bridges

The East Bay Trash Pandas are recruiting a volunteer to paddle Cerrito Creek under the I-580 and I-80 bridge complexes…

CultureJuly 31, 2026

The Glow‑Up Bench: A Reddit Clip Made Muttville's Volunteer Groomer an "Angel." The Salon Behind It Is on Florida Street.

A viral r/bayarea post cast volunteer groomer Cindy Perry as a "self-taught angel" grooming senior dogs for free.

CultureJuly 31, 2026

While Monarchs Vanish, Their Orange Lookalike Is Swarming the Sierra by the Million

A native butterfly that most Californians can't name is having the kind of year monarchs no longer do: California…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Giants Move to Suspend Harrison Bader's Pay in a Scooter‑Crash Contract Fight

The San Francisco Giants say they will stop paying outfielder Harrison Bader, who reinjured his already-fragile left…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Feds Move to Let Robotaxis Drop the Brake Pedal — and the Wheel‑Free Cars Already Roam SF

Federal regulators cleared Amazon's Zoox to start charging fares in cars built with no steering wheel — and proposed…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Caltrain's Retired Diesels Now Earn It $2.14 Million a Year Hauling Amtrak Riders to Sacramento

Three of the diesel locomotives Caltrain retired when it went electric are back at work on the other side of the Bay —…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

A $500,000 DOJ Grant Vanished From SF's Asian Women's Shelter — and Washington Wants to Make That Easier

Last spring, a letter from the Justice Department told San Francisco's Asian Women's Shelter that the $500,000 grant…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

San Ramon Isn't Converting Its Empty Offices — It's Demolishing Them for 8,000 Homes

San Ramon's Bishop Ranch, a 585-acre corporate office park, isn't retrofitting its half-empty buildings into apartments.

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

FTC and California Sue San Francisco's Hims & Hers, Alleging It Fed Patients' Health Data to Meta and Snap

*The Federal Trade Commission, joined by California and Utah, sued San Francisco telehealth company Hims & Hers this…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

Randy's Donuts Opens Across Homestead Road From Stan's, Santa Clara's Shop Since 1959

The Inglewood chain's Santa Clara debut is the first of at least four Randy's stores planned for the county, and the…

FoodJuly 31, 2026

The People Leaving the Bay Area to Buy Homes Aren't the Richest or the Poorest, a New UC Study Finds

Bay Area residents who leave the region are 33% more likely to own a home five years later — but a new University of…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

SF's $16.9 Billion Budget Is Now Law — the Largest in City History, Signed as Federal Money Recedes

Mayor Daniel Lurie signed San Francisco's $16.9 billion budget on Thursday, formally closing a roughly $640 million…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

At Least 11 Bay Area Residents Detained in ICE Airport Crackdown as a TSA Data Pipeline Comes Into View

At least 11 Bay Area residents have been detained by immigration agents while flying to or from local airports in the…

PoliticsJuly 31, 2026

At 650 California, the Landlord Is Whoever Owns the Debt — and No One Pays the Transfer Tax

Two New York debt investors, Axonic Capital and GreenBarn Investment Group, control the 33-story tower at 650…

TechJuly 31, 2026

Ken Fulk's Marin Inns Head Toward Foreclosure. The $76 Million Is a Figure From His Own Lawsuit.

Designer Ken Fulk's West Marin inn portfolio, anchored by the storied Manka's Inverness Lodge, faces an August…

TechJuly 31, 2026